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- Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2015)
Enda Kenny: That is a matter for the Government. The Government has been very clear on the position it adopted and consistently followed through in the passing of the terms of reference here in order that the commission of investigation could start its work and deal with the very serious matters outlined in the reports brought to light last year. I cannot speak for Deputy Alan Shatter or any other...
- Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2015)
Enda Kenny: It is not for me to issue instructions to any Deputy to cease writing in that sense.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2015)
Enda Kenny: Yes, but no more than any Fianna Fáil Deputy who wishes to make contact with Departments and Ministers on a regular basis.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2015)
Enda Kenny: I know it is not-----
- Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2015)
Enda Kenny: -----but, as I say, this is a serious matter.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2015)
Enda Kenny: The commission of investigation has now been set up.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2015)
Enda Kenny: The terms of reference have been very clear. The Government was very consistent in setting out what it wanted to do. Despite the correspondence which will be published after I leave the Chamber this evening, the Government was very consistent in ignoring any of the observations made on the exclusion of the former Minister from the terms of reference.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2015)
Enda Kenny: Deputy Micheál Martin will see that it is also included specifically in the Government's decision setting out the terms of reference-----
- Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2015)
Enda Kenny: -----that I will also publish.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2015)
Enda Kenny: Withdraw that remark.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2015)
Enda Kenny: I disagree with the Deputy. On 27 January the Government Whip informed the other Whips of the decision and ruling of the Ceann Comhairle that no debate would be allowed on the terms of reference which the Government had tabled for discussion. I fully accept the Ceann Comhairle's decision in that regard. I would not be aware of whether the Ceann Comhairle or anybody else was in receipt...
- Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2015)
Enda Kenny: Let me clear up any misunderstandings for Deputy Adams. Sometimes in here, there is a lot of noise. I had one letter with me last week, which is relevant to something I just said a few minutes ago. I said I was not aware of any letter or any correspondence the Ceann Comhairle received from Deputy Alan Shatter. In fact, the letter sent to my Department on 8 December from Gallagher Shatter...
- Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2015)
Enda Kenny: Absolutely, Deputy Adams. As I just had that correspondence with me last week, perhaps I was not able to be as accurate or fulsome in my response as I could have been.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2015)
Enda Kenny: That is why I think it is appropriate, in this matter of great importance, that I publish all correspondence from the legal firm of the former Minister for Justice and Equality to the Department of the Taoiseach and the responses that were sent back, including the publication of the decision of the Government, which makes it clear to the Cabinet that correspondence was received but that the...
- Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2015)
Enda Kenny: I do not agree that Irish Water should be abolished or that water charges should be abolished. Deputy Ruth Coppinger is well aware that the charge for a single person is €1.15 per week, once registered with Irish Water and after receiving the contribution of €100, and €3 in respect of two or more adults living in a household. Deputy Coppinger seems to distinguish...
- Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2015)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy seems to be happy that 42 towns continue emptying raw sewage into lakes and rivers.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2015)
Enda Kenny: She seems to be happy that a couple of thousand kilometres of inferior water should continue to leak into the ground. She seems to be happy that people, including those she called council tenants but I call citizens of our country, live in houses supplied by lead pipes. She seems to think it is appropriate to continue with such a situation but I do not.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2015)
Enda Kenny: It is about time everybody understood that we all have a contribution to make. The Government listened carefully to the vast majority of people who engaged in legitimate protests about water, and their feelings on it, over the last number of months. I deplore the small number of people who carried that way beyond the bounds of decency and normality in attacking Uachtarán na...
- Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2015)
Enda Kenny: This is not in keeping with democratic decency and if Deputy Coppinger has any authority or influence in that regard, she might deal with it. Irish Water is not going to be abolished. It exists for the purpose of fixing the current situation and investing for the future. I note the party in front of Deputy Coppinger has a very peculiar way of putting forward its economic perspective on...
- Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2015)
Enda Kenny: There has been a huge increase in the number of people all over the country registering with Irish Water in the last few days. More than 1.125 million people and households have responded to the campaign and almost 900,000 Irish Water customers have registered, or 59% of customers. We encourage as many people as possible to register over the next period. The position is that if somebody...